Goaltender Hunter Gregory turned aside all 24 shots sent his way as the Vincent Massey Vikings leaped to a 5-0 victory against the Dauphin Clippers in Game 1 of their Westman High School Hockey League best-of-three championship duel at the Sportsplex on Wednesday evening.

Vikings forwards Joe Balabanski, Addax Egan, Cole Adams, Ethen Church, and Jett Aitken all hit the back of the net to give their club a 1-0 series lead against the Clippers, who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 4-0 after 40.

Ben Miner made 35 saves for Dauphin, who now must win two in a row if they want to be crowned the WHSHL champions.

Game 2 was held in Dauphin last night, but the game ended after deadline.

The Vincent Massey Vikings closed out their Westman High School Hockey League best-of-three quarterfinal against the Hamiota/Rivers/Elton/Strathclair Huskies with a 7-1 victory in Game 2 in Hamiota late Wednesday.

Forward Ethen Church buried his first two goals of the post-season, while teammates Addax Egan, Vaughn McLeod, Cole Adams, Joe Balabanski, and Logan Harvey also tallied singles on the scoresheet for Massey. Matao Finnie scored the lone goal for Hamiota.

Between the pipes, Vikings netminder Madden Cheung made 26 saves in the victory, and Nicolas McDuff, who started in his second conescutive game for the Huskies, turned aside 30 shots.

Massey took Game 1 by a score of 2-0 at the Sportsplex on Sunday, and has now clinched its spot in the semifinals, where it awaits the winner of the Neepawa Tigers and Major Pratt Trojans.

Vincent Massey’s Kaitlyn Couckuyt is one of four student athletes who have been selected for a Dr. Dale Iwanoczko memorial volleyball scholarship for $1,000 this year.

Couckuyt, a setter and team captain for three seasons, was a big part of the team’s historic run of two consecutive 4A provincial volleyball championships

At the same time, she played national level racquetball, maintained a 95 per cent average in the classroom and will pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in physics.

Gabriel Beaudin of Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School also earned a scholarship.

Elia Plerot scored 17 points to lead the Crocus Plainsmen to a 65-37 win over the Neelin Spartans in the Brandon High School Basketball League junior varsity girls’ semifinal at Crocus on Tuesday.

Success Ebri and Sydney Dell each scored 14 for the Plainsmen, who meet the Vincent Massey Vikings in the best-of-three final.

Paisley Anaka scored 12 points for Neelin.

The varsity girls’ game ended after deadline.

The Sisler Spartans earned varsity gold at the Crocus Plains Java Jam girls basketball tournament on Saturday, beating the Portage Saints 73-54.

Gurmandeep Chahal led Sisler with 21, while Collette Thess had 18 point for Portage.

In the third-place game, the host Plainsmen fell 62-54 to the Jeanne-Sauvé Olympiens. Emma Elliott led the winners with 15 points, while Iliana Courchene hit for 13 and Courntey Giesbrecht netted 11 points for Crocus.

The Neelin Spartans topped the Lord Selkirk Royals 75-36 in the fifth-place game, led by Karolina Boyko’s 25 points and Ariana Elizalde’s 15. Emma Weiss had 11 points and Cassidy Laing added 10 for Selkirk.